How Oriental Hand-Knotted Wool Rugs Are Made

Oriental Wool Area Rug Construction

Hand-made rugs have a certain built-in value that ranks them above machine made products.  Hand-made labor is more costly and carries with it a certain expectation of care and quality.  Hand-made rugs involve an endless series of choices and decisions, twists and turns, that collectively give the piece its personality and presence, something that the finest machine made rugs lack.

Oftentimes clients will ask why a hand-made rug costs so much.  The answer is the time it takes to make the rug and the quality of the wool involved.  As an example a hand-knotted 8X10 Persian wool rug could take up to 18 months to make while the same rug can be made by machine in a few hours.  The hand-knotted rug is a work of art while the machine-made rug is considered by collectors as a floor covering.  Hand-knotted rugs are made with love by true craftsmen who pour their hearts and soul into each rug and no two hand-knotted rugs are the same.

To understand what goes into the construction and design of a hand-knotted area rug please visit the following link to our website.  On this page you will find videos that will take you from the initial stages of the design and construction of a beautiful hand-knotted rug (the dyeing and selection of the wool) through the actual hand-knotting and completion stages.

http://orientalrugsalon.com/how-persian-wool-rugs-are-made/

Oriental Rug Salon is a full service cleaning and repair company for all Oriental, wool, silk and synthetic area rugs.  We are a Certified Partner with the prestigious Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification and the international Carpet & Rug Institute.  In addition we are A+ certified with the Better Business Bureau and Angie’s List and our technicians are certified specialists.